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A "Trotting Turkey"?

Modeling
#1

I keep telling myself “No! No!No!” I do NOT need to start another project until I get a few of the 8 or so I already have in progress finished. Seems, I don’t listen too good… Last winter I built a rather nice 1918 Ford Model TT 1 ton c-cab box van

While cleaning up for Christmas, Kim accidentally dropped it (well, OK it rolled from where she put it and crashed) and it came apart. She didn’t find all the parts before the idiot dog decided that one set of wheels was a chew toy :frowning: Today I found a couple HLW shorty flats and a New Bright freight car truck while looking for detail parts for the 0-6-0, and… I just couldn’t resist.

It will be a dummy for the moment. Until I replace the drive in my 4 wheel climax. The old drive out of that should run this thing OK - pulling another HLW flat turned into a low sided trailer. (needed for the power pick up) “Trotting Turkey” sounded like a good name for a converted TT

#2

(http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt7/tigerlillie06/His%20Stuff/P1010020_03.jpg)

with this fine upstanding citizen as the driver, I’m thinking you’d better stay off the tracks

(http://i8.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/f4/8d/e61e_1.JPG)

#3

Nice job on the Trotting Turkey.
I like it…

#4

Thats really cool looking. I like it.

#5

It’s also going to be a LOT less than the $100+ Bachmann one :stuck_out_tongue:

OTOH, I showed it to my rail historian buddy and he says, “Fire Patrol?”… seems he objected to the red. So I’m attempting to repaint it with forest green, except it isn’t covering worth a hoot. If I have to strip it and start over I’m not gonna be a happy camper…

#6

For the record, I had to strip it. It’s boxcar red now and that’s good enough for me

#7

I’d like to introduce you to a couple fellows you may be seeing more of in the future.

(http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt7/tigerlillie06/His%20Stuff/P1010020_05-1.jpg)

The fellow driving is named Mercer, but most folks call him “Deacon” because he’s usually playing hymns on his harmonica, or singing them if his hands are busy. He’s a right giant of a man at 6’8" and almost 300 pounds. He’s also the hardest working man you’re likely to ever meet. He has to be, it’s still real hard for colored folks to find a good job, even ‘up Nawth’ - and he’d rather die than go back to share cropping in Alabama. He’s been with the AV since he got out of the Army (9th Cavalry) back in ‘19. The local section boss really likes, and more importantly to Mercer, trusts and respects him - because all he has to do is say “Mercer, this needs fixed.” And he knows that by the end of the day it will be done, and done right. The fellow on his right is Shawn, but the rest of the crew calls him “The Leprechaun” for his red hair, and the fact that he only stands about 4’ 9"! He is small, wiry, and also a very hard worker, probably just because it never occurred to him not to. He spends a lot of time with Mercer because it tends to keep the other section hands from playing tricks on him - like stuffing him headfirst in a barrel and pushing it down a hill. Besides, he likes the music and the quiet talk.